nats on top. atilano, three scoreless innings to start his major league career on only one base hit. nyjer, getting good wood on it. it split center field and left feel. then he's off to the races. he comes flying around 3rd. then a great job with that knuckle ball. as you said, let the ball get deep. >> rob: it never breaks the same way twice. that's the crazy thing about a knuckle ball. >> bob: that was a fastball. bad throw by the pitcher. dug out by james loney. >> rob: he's an excellent 1st baseman. >> bob: i think he's a future gold-glover. >> rob: absolutely. >> bob: maybe the best dodger over there was wes parker. he was unbelievable in the 60s, 70s. maybe the smoothest 1st baseman you'd ever see. there's something stylish about the left handers over there. >> rob: absolutely. keith hernandez. what did he have, 11 golden gloves? >> bob: adam kennedy, 7 rbis in his last 7 starts now. on the year, he has 8. batting average is up to .262. you can bat him 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th. reliable, veteran

adam kennedy puts the nats on top 1-0.t-handed batters, letting the ball get deep in their stance before they take it the other way. >> rob: yes, that's putting it mildly. it floats at about 73 miles an hour. a soft knuckle ball. there's no rotation. see the tips dug into the ball. he hurls it about 73, 75 miles an hour. the knuckle is the fact that there is no rotation. it's just floating in the air, trying to pick a current. you got to just try and pick an area to try and hit it. so far, first two guys have hit it. >> bob: how many hitters can't stand to wait? so many guys are lunging at knuckle balls. that was a great approach by morgan and kennedy. >> rob: i think it's going to be interesting to watch adam dunn against this guy. >> bob: so guzman with a runner aboard. if you have a speedy team, you can run on him because it's hard to catch. it's hard for a catcher to get himself in good position. a.j. ellis is 0-3 against opposing base runners. >> rob: you're bringing this up off the air. watch the catcher's mitt. it's

nats xtra post game, hello. nats take it 5-1.nteresting tonight as we look at lee wise atilano's outing. he pitched six innings sunday. he went six innings, one run, eight hits. tonight he goes six against the dodgers. he goes six innings, one run, five hits. >> well, that means that triple- a club was better than the dodgers. >> i don't think so. >> what we have here is a guy that's just throwing a lot of strikes in the strike zone, quality strikes. nice job as he's got a hit on almost every hitter. there's a fastball. his fastball actually runs and sinks. he missed the bag there for an error. belliard singles on to a flyball to center feel. then belliard in the 2nd, the throw gets away. again, willie tries to go home with this ball. the only run they were able to scratch off the young man tonight. he was able to swing that deal where he gets out there in the 6th inning, coming back. see how much that ball runs out? a nice little slider. he can't take that angle and try to knock that ball down. then a breaking ball. a nice littl

sign up to become a nats insider.est news, promotions, and ticket deals sent straight to your inbox. visit nationals.com/insider. you'll be aware of all the great deals going on in natstown. the guys are back home next tuesday night. t-shirt tuesday. >> rob: can you imagine if you ever did that in front of doug harvey? everybody used to call him god. >> bob: he would kick you out of the game and the seas would part so you could leave without getting wet. >> rob: he was wonderful to me. i used to balk when i first game up because i tapped my glove so much in the stretch. basically, you can't start your stretch like that and not continue because i was so hyped up. he said, i'm going to have to call you on balks if you continue to do that. it was a nice thing to do to help out a young player. >> bob: nyjer gave away a strike there and strikes out on the next one. third strikeout by gorzelanny, all against left hanked batters. dunn twice, morgan once. now it's up to ian desmond. >> rob: he's got a really good breaking bal

adam with ray when nats xtra pregame rolls on here >>> welcome back. nats xtra pregame. adam dunn averaged up to 317, 13 hits, 3 home runs. he had two of those friday night again the dodgers. let's go to him standing down stairs with ray knight right now. >> reporter: thank you johnny. adam, the transition first base you look great over there, we talked about how you got the cannon arm and how much you have enjoyed it. >> that has been a lot of fun. i feel like i am in the game every pitch. you know, it is very fun and i am enjoying it. >> reporter: you have done a tremendous job over there in such a short time. swinging the bat, what are you working on now. >> now, i feel great now, it is just letting it go. you know, i am starting to feel really good in the box and seeing the ball but i am hesitant some times at swinging the bat but that is something that i am going to start working on being more aggressive. >> reporter: did you develop your batting eye at a young age or something that just got better? i know when you came up 2002, bob boone said you were the best hitt

he stole two bases before the nats called him up.guys would have had an inside the park homer on that ball. but the guys are making some things happen offensively tonight. desmond hitting .246. >> i think it took all of yesterday to thaw out after chicago. it was cold. >> yeah, seems like the bats have warmed up a little bit. i wonder if mike wahleas left them out in the sun? >> mike wallace the team equipment manager. it was like coming home for mike. the guy has fresh shoes to. ryan zimmerman has new ones. >> the things you notice. >> i'm quite jealous. >> everyday guys got all of the gear. >> there's the kicks. you've got underarmor, some adidas. and then you see nyjer morgan down at the end of the benny. he's got red and black and so he's got fast guy shoes. >> 1-1 here. >> and desmond unable to waive and make contact with the breaking ball and the count is 1-2. ian told me he's very excited because his high school team over in sarasota is in the district now. they're playing today, the sailors they're called from his high school

nats need a couple more hits after that. >> bob: up the middle. two hops.king the play at short. why does chili's start smoking your baby back ribs four hours before you order them? it's all in the pepperation. for me, pepperation is about getting in early to smoke your ribs low and slow over pecan wood chips for a sweet, smoky flavor. then i triple-baste them till they're fall-off-the-bone tender. this is shiner bock barbecue sauce i'm using. come in now for baby back ribs. choose 1 of 10 freshly prepared entrées plus an appetizer for just $9.99. only at chili's. it's all in the pepperation. >> bob: bottom of the 8th. cold and windy. tyler walker gave up a homer and he faces tejada, leading off the bottom of the 8th. tejada has his first major league hit. they are doing a lot of first pitch swinging here with the lead going for the kill. >> rob: you would think a power guy wouldn't mess around with a lot of these hitters and the more comfortable they become, now they are just standing up there and wacking at you. you have to keep pitching inside, keep your

it is the nats and the mets. stay close everybody. . >>> mets are taking the field on a chilly and windy evening at citi field. it's going to be miserable for some of those hitters down there. >> i think you could say zimmerman gets motivated when he's in the same ball park as wright. they seem to challenge each other. very little power for wright last year. mets won 9 of the last 10 against the nationals in the big apple. that's up on the roof. and when the umpire was standing around home plate, we could see trousers flapping in the breeze as well. willy hitting most of his home runs, 75% in just over the last two years. he's in there. kennedy, rodriguez, desmond at the bottom. riggleman said today he is committed to playing guzman at second tomorrow and right field on sunday. could be interesting. bellfry is 3-5 against the mets. >> he was the 9th over all pick in to2005. last year fell backwards. didn't have a great spring but he throws hard. so on a cold windy night nats are going to have trouble with him. he

nats park in the top of the first. jason marquis struggling. 3-0 brewers. prince fielder scores. 4-0 milwaukee with no wount. marquis pulled before he recorded an out. charged with seven earned runs. miguel batista, not any better. craig counsell drives one high and deep to right. a grand slam. the brewers scored ten runs in the first inning. are you kidding me? back come the nats. we like a comeback. in the seventh down 10-5, ian desmond at the plate. rips one to left. good piece of hitting. here comes pudge rodriguez. two rbi double for desmond. nationals cut the lead to three. but that is as close as they get. sorry. the brewers downed the nats. cue the sad trombone.com. have you been to that site? >> no. people are flocking. i like shanahan changing the culture. >> me, too. >> "nbc nightly news" is up next. see you at 11:00. until then, that's the news. good

the nats rally. down three in the bottom of the 7th. a base hit to center. here comes the throw. he is called out. the nationals fall to the brewers 11-7. >>> the orioles entered today's game against the a's losers of nine in a row. top of the 9th, the full count. drives one to deep left field. that's a two-run shot. he had four rbis on the day. baltimore is now 2-11. pitcher ryan matis has both orioles victories. >>> the nba playoffs have begun. one of the good stories is the youthful and speedy oklahoma city thunder team versus the experienced l.a. lakers led by kobe bryant. christian star and kevin durant making his nba playoff debut in los angeles. kobe bryant, a rare miss here but the thunder cannot corral the rebound. kobe does. he scores the uncontested dunk. brian 21 points but he was just six of 19 shooting. durant had 24 points. he was harassed all day. this time ron artest get him tied up. the lakers take game one 87-79. >>> tonight's geico 15 minutes of fame takes us back to last night in atlanta for the rockies and braves. colorado jimenez on the hill for colorado. t

. >>> also, another nifty win for the nats. we'll check sports on the other side of the break.  >>> it has been a busy few months since mike shanahan and brew allen teamed up to help revamp the vied skins organization and the changes keep on coming. >>> four weeks ago, the redskins acquired donovan mcnabb from the eagles. the redskins filled one of their biggest needs by drafting trent williams with the fourth overall pick. the redskins chose five offensive players. three were offensive linemen. the head coach had this to say about where his team stands after a very busy april. >> we made some strides. we are not done yet. we'll still be looking over the wire relative to free agency. we'll get a chance to evaluate the football team in the next mini camp. it is a day to day process. we'll keep on trying to get better so we can do the things we're capable of doing. that is our ultimate goal. >>> the cap taps are hoping to finish off the montreal canadiens. they lead the series 3-2. they say to win tonight, they need

the nats played. she'll talk about the newest redskin too. stay with us. lindsay is coming back in sports. >>> hi, everybody. i'm dave feldman live at verizon center where tonight the caps tried to close out the montreal canadiens in game five. they came in with a 3-1 series lead. percentages would show that team would certainly win in this deciding game. they managed only one goal tonight for the best scoring team in hockey. it was not enough against the montreal came nid yens. -- canadiens. here's what happened. started off poorly for the home team. montreal was on top. brian still in the 1st to travis mullen, his first of the playoffs. 2-0 montreal after one period of playoff hockey. four minutes into the 2nd, caps now atabbing. mike knuble on the doorstep. can't quite get the puck. but alex ovechkin pokes it in. canadiens up 2-1 after two. montreal on the power play. we've got five on five hockey. ov and nick backstrom right there on the doorstep but a great save again and again. the caps fall 2-1. there will be a game six montreal on monday. that's wh

make sure you join us monday for live team coverage of nats opening day. sarah, dave, and i will be live from the ballpark from the president's first pitch down to the post game locker room interviews and sunday night, the day before a special opening day edition of sports plus 11:35 p.m. yankees and blue jays yesterday from spring training. i want you to watch kyle phillips, as he nails him in the melon. thankfully, it hits him in the helmet, because if that had hit him in the squash, he would have been an unconscious baseball player. in a way, it is surprising that doesn't happen more often when you have a left-handed batter and a right-handed catcher, because he doesn't really lean into it, but he is fine. how many fingers, and he kept playing. >> he was smiling because he had that protective hat on. >> those things are practically made of plastic. >> quick reminder of the forecast. >> remind you that it's going to stay great all the way through the next weekend through the next five days. next rain shower holding off really until next wednesday, thursd

nats down 8-o. zimmerman had that shot in the fifth. his second of the year but a drop in the bucket as the nats fall 10-4. they are 7-7. that's a look at sports. don't forget, caps and canadiens game four tonight. coverage starting tonight at 5:00. until then have a great wednesday. >>> it is 6:24. >>> ahead hear from a dc teacher who says the city may be fudging numbers on its improvement. >>> and the numbers tell the tale for spirit airlines. learn what happened to since the airline decided to charge for carry on bags. kris sneed is in for angie. >> good morning. we are looking live at pennsylvania avenue and minnesota in to the district. no problems out here on the surrounding roads. >>> we're outside on the weather terrace. we're dry now. have been seeing some showers this morning. we will pinpoint 0 that on live doppler 9000 hd and have the wednesday forecast when we return. [ beeping ] ♪ my country ♪ 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land ♪ of liberty ♪ of thee i sing [ laughs ] ♪ oh, land ♪ where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride

>>> nats fans don't worry. expect steven strasburg to take the pitcher's mound in june. >>> coming up at 10:00 gwen tolbart is back with your five-day forecast. it has been a busy night for the storm force. when we return, she can tell you wills what the weather around the corner will be. that's next. 

got him looking. >> and you are on nats pre-game poll question of the day, in 2002 the nats acquiredcott olsen and outfielder josh willingham from the marlins bonifacio and two minor leaguers. what grade would you give that trade, (a), (b), (c), (d) or f. i'm going to let you go first. >> i'm saying a (b). >> i'm saying an (a). double-a, triple a, quadruple a. we have a guy that can pitch and will pitch effectively when he's completely healthy and i think he's on that road. josh willingham has become our everyday left field year while emilio bonifacio is somewhere in the minor league and i don't know who the minor leaguers are we traded for. we have 2 of 25 on a major league roster. and those other two nowhere to be found. acquiring bonifacio from arizona to allow us to get two very solid players. >> how about this one. nolasco starts tonight? >> he can do it. he's got a good slider, a curve ball. a fast ball. won 15 games last year. has an outstanding change-up. 400 strikeout for. >> if you look at the e.r.a. of nolasco at home it's way up there. .790. on the road it's .190. the big

adam kennedy puts the nats on top 1-0. two left-handed batters, letting the ball get deep in their stance before

the nats fall 11 - 1 in the season opener.at do you think about having the president throw out the first pitch? >> you know, that was good. that's -- that's like asking mrs. lincoln how she liked to play, you know. -- liked the play, you know. >> caps hosting the bruins, alex ovechkin is stopped. a typical knubel goal, his 27th of the year. tied the game 2-2 and forced overtime. in overtime pwer play. caps defeat the bruins 3-2 in overtime. tonight caps and penguins renew their rivalry in pittsburgh. tiger woods played a round in augusta. he held a 35-minute press conference in which he said nothing has changed. i'm going to go out and try to win this thing. when asked about his legacy woods quoted his late father, earl. >> in order to help people you have to first learn how to help yourself. that's what he always used to safety i never understood that. when i was in treatment i wrote that down and looked at it every day. and learned how to help myself. i can therefore i can help more people going forward, infinitely more than

the game, well, the phillies shut out the nats 11-1. not the best outcome for the nats but got off to a great start with the president there. we will talk a little bit later about his choice of headgear as he flew out the first pitch. >> he sticks with his home team but you see he has the nationals sweatshirt i guess what that is >> a jacket. >> i can't see today j i was hoping for a better pitch. >> i was too. i think the pressure was on after last year. >> it doesn't matter. he was there. >> i thk he should have gone with the all nationals uniform. >> yeah. gentleman i think so. >> then he would be hearing from the people in chicago. >> when he is in chicago, he can wear the white sox stuff. >> it was a great -- great weather for baseball yesterday. for today, we'll see very warm conditions once again. want to start with hd radar. we have a couple of these little showers popping up. about every 10 minutes or so, we are seeing a little bit of lightning pop up here and there. right now, it looks like it is along 270 just to our north as

it's 1-0 nats. that's all they needed because scott olsen he was on it here in the fourth, he gets garret anderson to check his swing. olsen went seven innings, gave up no runs, struck out eight. top of the ninth, matt capps on to close it out, former nat, ronnie belliard lifts it in to right but check out justin maxwell, the maryland native, the nice diving catch. it's so pretty i've got to show you again. look at that. just like he practices over and over. the nationals hang on to win it 1-0. capps earned its league-leading eighth save. the nationals are 10-9. the capitals are on their way to montreal where they will try to end this thing tomorrow night in game six, after missing the opportunity to win the series in five games on friday. one of the players is traveling with fewer teeth. enter eric belanger took a hit friday that resulted in the loss of eight teeth. he basically had a root canal between periods and returned to play. i'm going to show you how it happened. but this is graphic so if y

plus the nats play their finale and head to dc. we'll tell you how they got ready for opening day. coming up, 9sports.

the nats go on to win 9-3.at nats park. >>> more honors for vasquez of the just of maryland. yesterday, the basketball hall of fame announced he had won the 2010 bob cuzy award given to the annual point guard in all the country. he is a senior from sent trail aand averaged 19.6 points per game, 6.3 aists and 4.6 rebounds. >> i would trade my acc playr of the year and the award no disreport to that, just to be playing in the final four. that is how much that means to me and to just go and watch a game is going to be an unbelievable feeling. >> that is all for this edition of the break past of the enjoy your weekend. i'll see you all monday morning live from nats park. it is almost time to play ball for real. see you then, everybody. >> another good moment to terps fans. senior guard eric hayes won the three-point shooting con nest in indianapolis yesterday. he bite ryan whitman of cornell 17-15 and the final was the shot at the buzzer right there. he beat the woman's champ 22-21 to become the overall three- poin

it's because nat gas prices are pretty low. they're what 4 and change -- >> 3.96 closed today. >> we actually talked to the ceo of arch coal today on the back of the earnings release, we asked him at what price nat gas has to fall to start getting concerned that power plants are going to be switching from coal to nat gas. >> we do see natural gas taking some coal conversion when it gets around $4, where it's at today. and then if it gets down to around $3, i think as an industry again in central appalachia you see some significant impacts to central appalachian steam coal. >> sounds like if you were a bear on nat gas you've got to be a bear on a thermal coal-related play. >> or you can defend a lot of the m&a activity that's been taking plau in the space where the guys have been diversifying into nat gas. a lost people said hey, why are you doing that? and the relate reality is this is a great hedge for these guys at a time when coal prices may suffer from gas being more interesting. >> let's hit the poll of the day today becau

. >>> in sports, nats, phillies, again. if we don't know how big our community is, how do we know how big our hospitals need to be? the census helps us know exactly what we need, so everyone can get their fair share of funding. we can't move forward until you mail it back. 2010 census. >>> i want to find out what your thinking was. i want to find out what your feelings are. and did you learn anything? >> nike has a new ad out featuring tiger woods. it's the first new ad to air since his sex scandal prompted sponsors to drop tiger. it's a 30-second spot that features the voice of tiger woods' father. tiger woods himself does not speak in the ad. >>> nats played some baseball tonight. didn't play very well. played the world champions. still, they didn't play very well. >> here is the thing. they are such a tough division. every time they play a division rival, it's going to be a tough go of it. last season the nationals started off with a 1-10 record. we are not there yet. after two games in the nationals, still trying to fin

. >> the nats will try to get above 500, and after three days in which the nats starting pitchers twicehe first unking, we are reminded once again that help is only 100 miles away. his name is steven strasburg. he made his start and he was lights out again, guys. he pitched five shutout innings, just one hit, one walk allowed. struck out five. his e.r.a. is 0.72 and the kid is learning to pitch now, not just throw. >> can't just expect to throw a fastabll by a guy every time, especially at this level. and at the higher level, too. you have to throw all your stuff for strikes. >> tiger woods is ready to take number two after his comeback at the masters. he committed to play the placers championship in two weeks and the at&t national. i wonder how the philly fans will treat tiger. finally, a hockey coach is supposed to stand behind his bench. occasionally coaches climb on top of the bench, but not so much for boston college, who fell off the bench. should have stayed down, but he was fine. may need a harness for the next game. whatever, he's a nice man. >> got a little excited. >> he was

desmond tags and scores, but that's as close as the nats get. they lose it 6-1.he games count for real on monday. the natsome opener set for 1:05 against the phillies. arrive early, the president is throwing out the first pitch. >>> college lacrosse last night, a heavyweight prime time match-up. maryland against the best team in the land, the number one ranked virginia cavaliers. the last time to terps and cavs played it went seven overtimes. no o.t. in this one. late period first, virginia up 5-0. john holdy makes the move and fires one into the net. just like that, cavs up 6-0. but the terps come back. efficient passing by the terps. yateman feeds cummings up over front. the terps cut the deficit to one. just over a minute later. maryland's dan burn comes up with the steal. feeds grant catalino for the shot. giddelman blocks it, gets the rebound, tie game. but not so fast. take another look. young steps on the red crease line when he scores, you can't do that. no goal. they play on. maryland still down a goal. second play, virginia seals it. number one shamel b

we'll have more reaction on the mcnabb deal and get ready for the nats season. and the sports youngies from 106.7 the fan -- the sports junkies from 160.7 the fan will join us later this morning. >>> now, to a developing story. easter celebrations were interrupted for residents in mexico and california following i a massive earthqke just south of the border. >> a 7.2 magnitude quake struck mexico's baja california bring i go ahall to the holiday celebration if a lot of people. >> two people in mexico were reportedly killed and this morning, aftershocks are causing mill i don't understand of people to be on high alert. sarah - - c ausing millions of people to object high alert. sarah simmons has the latest. >> reporter: the u.s. geological survey says most of the southern california felt the quake. it rattled windows, broke glass and moved light tick tours in many places. no reports of deaths or injuries in california but two deaths were reported across the border in mexicali. skyscrapers swayed as far away as phoenix and buildings shook in las vegas. most of the

the nats are doing good. orioles fell to the bluejays 5-2. they're 1-5. the nationals future on display. pitching phenom steven strasburg made his debut with harrisburg senators. they trail altoona 1-0. now bottom of the 4th. harrisburg committed two errors leading to three unearned runs. rudy owns with the base hit up the middle. altoona led 4-0. strasburg ends the 4th with a breaking ball strike 3. they allowed one earned run while striking out 8. harrisburg trails for 1 strasburg helped his own cause delivering the base hit over the rightfielder, delivering in a run. harrisburg rallies to give strasburg the win in his pro debut. >>> texas stadium is no more. the home of the dallas cowboys from '71 until 2008demolished at 7:00 a.m. local time. with the help of 2 #240 -- 2,700 pounds of explosive. the property will be used as a staging area for highway construction projects. i'm sure redskins fans say good riddance. highlights of the masters tonight and caps play canadiens. >> no canadian jokes. >> you live in d.c. that does it for us at 6:00. we're back

others involved in this same nat gas field that stretches from west virginia to new york saw buying. rex energy, exco resources and range resources, each up 4% or more on heavy volume. as jeff reported earlier, hopes are high merger activity is beginning to pick up. certainly merger rumors are picking up. not a week goes by recently without some kind of merger rumor fueling big volume in shares of palm. the latest speculation came today from a chinese language version of a technology news website, reporting smart phone maker h.t.c. is talking to palm. the stock was among the most active. jacobs engineering group also is in the rumor mill as a possible private equity buyout target. and casey's general store stock shot up after it rejected a hostile buyout from a canadian convenience store operator. insurance giant aetna will have to stop enrolling new customers in its medicare advantage or medicare prescription drug plans beginning april 21. the federal government ordered the halt because aetna has not followed certain requirements for the drug prescription plans for seniors. shares o

nats get their first win of the season 6-5 over philadelphia. glf getting the first win is real big against that ball club. they're tough. you foe, you've got to come ready to play. you can't make too many mistakes against them because they're really good. you know, i think it's encouraging for us to realize that, you know, they're real good but when we play good, we're right there. >> high drama in tampa for the o's. one-run lead, two outs. mike gonzales who blows the season opener does not blow this. the birds get their first one. it was scary but they win it 5- 4. >>> tim debow was -- tebow was among the spectators watching mcnabb. wide every malcolm -- receiver malcolm kelly did talk today. he loves his quarterback. >>it's almost like he's been here, like he got the playbook when we got it. it's crazy because he knows everything. he already knows, you know, the concepts and things like that and he's just been here two or three days. >> malcolm is smart. you suck up to the quarterback and maybe he'll give you the ball. i'm dave feldman. brian

this is the nats xtra post game.ht toy you by commuter connections. >> well, gonzalez kind of did everything tonight. he stole the bases, got the base hits, he drove in the runs. he had a terrific ball game. >> desmond did. >> he did. >> did you say gonzalez? >> yes, but he made a great effort. >> i knew what you were saying. i'm just hammering you want to. anyway, we are swinging the bats well enough to win ball games. it's because of the pitching and defense. every night it's a different guy. tonight, five really got a defensive plays. we didn't turn a couple double plays, but the pitcher's making pitches. these guys are just picking everything clean. >> this time last year, they probably wouldn't have won a game like tonight. let's see what a play gonzalez at 3rd base. >> i want you to do this one. >> go ahead. >> another great play as he charges, goes to 2nd. guzman didn't clear himself. we're going to do a little demonstration with that. he's got to limb get himself out of the way. the 3rd inning started back. g

top of the 9th, the nats lead.iard, a flare to rightfield and justin maxwell, a beautiful diving catch. he would earn his eighth save shutting the dodgers out 1-0. they go 6-4 on the home stand. >>> meanwhile the orioles in boston against the red sox, top of the 10th, birds lead 5-4. matt weider scores 2 runs. the orioles edge the red sox 7-6 in ten ending a ten game losing streak to boston. the o's are 3-16. >>> nascar's sprint cup series at talladega. kevin harvick battling jamie mcmurder i have to the finish line. harvick wins by 11/1,000 of a second to end a 118 race drought. that's what i call a smorgasbord of sports. >> see you later for geico sports xtra. >>> one foot in front of the other to raise awareness about kidney disease. this is the national kidney foundation's kidney walk at the mall at prince georges. it was not just a walk. it was a chance to educate adults and kids about kidney disease and have a little fun too. >>> first-time home buyers your time is almost up. the last minute push to seal the

the nats play this weekend, we know that. finally, we're talking about royalty. >> imagination stage which is one of my favorite places to take kids for theater has a wonderful production called "the dancing princesses." and it's a musical. it's set in the roaring '20s so it introduces kids to music and dance they may not be familiar with. and it's an and adaptation of the ferry tale the 12 dancing princesses. really well done. >> thanks as always. and for some fun family activities, just visit nbcwashington.com or washingtonpost.com and click on kids post. that's kids post on tv 4 this week. i'm eun yang. >> thanks, eun. still ahead on "news4 today," deadly tornadoes tear through the south. the latest on all the devastation. >> and air travel may finally be getting back to normal in europe but life is anything but normal for residents of iceland. the huge impact the vol cane foe is h [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. l

go nats, right? back to you guys. >> holly, thank you so much. >>> we're going to a live shot of president barack obama in the east room of the white house making comments about the mining accident in west virginia. let's go there now. >> good morning, everybody. thank you. please have a seat. have a seat. what a great honor and pleasure it is to have all of you here today. before i begin, i want to just acknowledge two members of my cabinet who i believe are here. secretary gary locke, and our commerce secretary. [ applause ] >> and secretary janet napolitano who is keeping us safe each and every day. [ applause ] >> i also want to acknowledge the mountain ionen clinton children's chorus for being here and they'll give us a medley later on. there they are, looking very serious. [ applause ] >> before i begin, i want to send my deepest condolences, our thoughts and prayers to the families and friends of the workers who lost their lives after an explosion took place in a west virginia mine yesterday.

dave will be done at nationals park and will get us ready for the nats opening day. we'll have our other top stories in a minute. we do want to go to tucker for our first check of the weather. >> there should be more clouds around than yesterday. we'll have a partly sunny day. temperatu will be mild. not expecting any rain shower activity. if you are out and about for the afternoon, it will be just about perfect. you can see the cloud cover sweeping across the area. again, it is not quite as intense as the satellite-radar is indicating but there are some light and fair weather clouds moving through. we'll go to a partly sunny day rather than mostly sunny. temperatures, this is the good news. they are on the mild side. tease, we are 58 degrees. cool spot, frederick, you are 46. hagerstown, you are 51. figure that one out. all of us will be back in the mid- to upper 70s near 80 and i think we are in for our first heat wave of the season. it will be a brief one. more details on the forecast in about two minutes. back to you. >> thank you. >>> our other top stories, afte

bases loaded double. 8-0 nats down. this ought to make you feel a little better. ryan zimmerman second of the year two-run shot but a drop in the bucket. nats fall 10-4. out west the o's facing the mariners. two men on for seattle's milton bradley. and he sends that to left field. josi comes around and scores. they trail 2-1 in the 5th. all right. the down side to the caps winning their division by 18 points is that heading into the playoffs it had been awhile since they played a meaningful game and perhaps that explains their sluggish start in the first half of the series. but, whatever, it's over now. last night's 5-1 victory puts the caps up two games to one. but there is still one problem. the power play. the caps had the best one in the league during the year but they're 0 for 13 with the advantage in these playoffs leading bruce to say. >> we suck right now. [ laughing ] >> we're still need the power play to be better and i think it will be there next game hopefully. but that was good for a team to get everybody involved. >> finally tonight in monte carlo fo

debbi is on the field with some very special nats employees. >> reporter: we hear a lot about the natsur neighborhood. well, remember that the nationals front officers are going into this neighborhood. they've been visiting an elementary school as part of the literacy program by everybody wins d.c. this is a great program they've begun. >> we go once a week. i go wednesdays during our lunch hour. i have a 3rd grader. a little girl. it's a wonderful experience. i have three sons. it's an experience for me to read to a little girl. it's been quite rewarding for me. >> let me start by saying it's a great program. it provides self-esteem to young kids that otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to get. i'm involved because, like a lot of things we have here, we have been able to share with the community. we get to go out and help our community out, and it's one of the parts that i love the most. we just go every -- i go on thursdays. we go during our lunch break and they go during their recess. they give up their recess just to be able to read. to me, that's amazing. when i was a kid, the

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the caps won in thrilling fashion and the nats dom fated the brewers. here's hakem dermish with your sports. >> well, you can call them the comeback kids, the cards yak caps or whatever road like. they have been doing it all year, finding ways to win. last night they found a way. they rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the canadiens in overtime and the series is now tied at one game apiece heading to montreal. alex ovechkin held without a shot in game one, not two. first period. caps turn it over. andre koes seat zen rips it past three door. boudreau says that's enough. pulls jose so in comes semyon varlamov. caps down, 4-2. john carlson the rookie fires on net. look who is working hard in front. alex ovechkin pokes it in and the caps cut the deficit to one. complete bedlam at verizon center. later, still 4-3 montreal. here come the caps. ovechkin skates and shoots. but it's stopped. obi sets up niklas backstrom in front, game tied at four just like that. now, just over a minute to go in regulation. it's 5-4 montreal. niklas backstrom passes to r

that's the first hurdle to get it certified by nat. think at the end of the day he will certify at that time money will be there to go for teacher bonuses and ca an example reed gave to me, a first year teacher making $40,000 a year goes to an underperforming school and exceeds expectations that, teacher could go from $40,000 to $70,000 in incentives. so almost doubling their annual salary and the problem with that is, it is progressive but there's not a lot of best practices that show that incentive-based pay for teachers actually flults better grades. >> i'm not so sure. it all sounds good between michelle rhee and george parker. i'm still saying that the teaches are not on the same page with mr. parker. >> you'll be hard pressed in this economy to say no to a 20% pay raise. >> nearly half the bonuses under the fenty administration came from michelle rhee's office, $7.5 million over two years, right? and the problem is, you're looking maybe at your laboratory right there. the bonuses with were handed out. things haven't improved that

nat down 3-2. josh willingham will score. tied up at three.d and you can't walk ramirez and he walked ramirez on four straight pitches with the bases juiced. this is a walk-off walk, people. the cubs win in 10. the nats fall to 10-10 after losing 4-3. >>> football news now. quarterback jason campbell received his wish over the weekend when he was traded to the raiders for a fourth round pick in 2012. campbell is one of five quarterbacks on the raider roster. yesterday, the annual jason campbell celebrity golf tournament, that was still in virginia, but jason was nowhere to be found. you know who was there? chris cooley. he said this about his former quarterback. >> i was excited for jay. i know he wanted the chance to go somewhere and be a starting quarterback. i think this great opportunity for him. his situation in washington wasn't great. he was a two. he didn't want to bide hi time, wait for injuries. he is happy for the opportunity and i'm happy for him. >> it doesn't seem right for him to be going for oakland. jason is a character guy. h

. >>> in washington final preparations are underway at nationals park as the nats get ready for opening day. president obama will throw out the 1st pitch. baseball season is definitely up on us. >>> felt like it today. to steal a line from our game guy, it is all about philosophy. we are a few minutes away from phil night at the wizards game. ♪histune) ♪t wo hap the smallest moments can have the biggest impact on a child's life. >>> no one else is probably as deserving to be around this long. i hope you have 25 more years in it. keep doing your thing. you guys have a lot of fun. i love seeing you. once again, congratulations. >> 25 years ago phil got behind the mic. do you remember 1985. this may also help, it was the year the song we are the world is number 1. a stamp cost just 20 cents. i was wrapping up grade school. wizards hope to extend the winning streak to 2. >>> that's it for us here on geico sportsnite. thanks for being with us.

the nats are on the road this week. they will be at wrigley field to play the chicago cubs, and then the nationals will play the florida marlins friday through sunday. >>> coming up on abc7's "washington weekly," president obama attend a memorial for the miners killed and the west virginia explosion. >>> trapped in the trance of their shopping routine, some people don't notice the difference between meat and mystery when they enter... ...the frozen zone is it real chicken? or something else? some chicken nuggets and tenders look like they have mystery meat. with my perdue frozen nuggets, there is no mystery. just real all-white meat, made with 100% natural ingredients, no fillers, no preservatives, and a delicious taste your family will love. perdue frozen chicken. all-white meat. no mystery. >>> taking a look at tonight's top stories, president obama attended a memorial in west virginia for the 29: miners killed in the deadly explosion earlier this month. the president promised family members and friends that americans

nats in philadelphia in the fourth inning. things look good. jason marquee the pitcher helping his own cause. look what happens. that scores two runs. he has 50 career rbis. nats are up 4-0. everything looks great but in the bottom of the fourth jim wrigelman gets tossed. he is out of there. he didn't like this. up 5-4, cheat you hadly, if it is fair on -- -- up 5-4. in the seventh, carl crawford can flash some leather as well. and the rays beat the os 5-1. >>> the caps drop the puck on the playoffs. the -- their first round opponents, montreal. the coach will decide who is between the pipes on game day. he also said this about the start of the pro season. >> you are eight number one seed but to me, it is like starting the season fresh. we are all started at zero wins and zero losses. sports has its way of having surprises an upsets and we don't want to be one of the surprises are on the upsets but it has been known to happen. >> wizards in new york playing at the spring in the first quarter. beats the buzzer. wizards up 30-25 after one. looked

they even the record at 3-3 on the young season. >>> more bright spots for the nats.trasburg making his debut. he went five innings, struck out eight, allowed four hits an only one earned run an hit 100 miles per hour miles per hour on the radar gun. he also helped his cause with an rbi double. harrisburg rallied to beat the curves 6-4. that is a victory for stephen strasburg in his pro debut. >>> there is a major traffic alert you need to be ware of. the nuclear security summit is set to get under way. i'm sarah simmons. i'm have the details in a live -- i'll have the details in a live report when fox 5 morning news returns. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> taking a look at the wilson bridge. traffic already starting to pick up. temperatures in the upper 50s at reagan national airport this morning. coming off a great weekend. almost perfect conditions yesterday. temperatures in the mid-70s and bright blue skies throughout the day. a few more changes today. another great-looking day. highs upper 60s to about 70. the reason why, cold front coming through. not much rain associated with

the nats start a four-game series. they have won three of their last four games. good to go when you are talking about the washington naturals -- -- >> when you are talking about the washington nationals. >>> here is the politico polls. >> according to the american medical news, the report of on- line job ads found the number of postings was unchanged but the number of jobs for health care practitioners and technical workers grew by more than 88,000 from february to march. the largest increase was for physical and occupational therapists. somewhere in america... there's a home by the sea powered by the wind on the plains. there's a hospital where technology has a healing touch. there's a factory giving old industries new life. and there's a train that got a whole city moving again. somewhere in america, the toughest questions are answered every day. because somewhere in america, more than sixty thousand people spend every day answering them. siemens. answers. >>> we all enjoyed the sunshine today. >> it will be pleasant night, just a bit chilly. this will showed h

the nats come back. 10-7, milwaukee, a top of the eighth. he fires that back. win, 11-7. kevin garnett on the court of the boston celtics' off with miami. one player was suspended for putting an elbow to someone's face -- on the court of the boston celtics with miami. >> donovan mcnabb. i think he >>> is getting chillier out there. >> we do have a frosted mize -- it is getting chillier. >> we do have a frosted visor korea until 8:00 tomorrow morning. nothing to worry about -- we do have a frost advisory until 8:00 tomorrow morning. a few clouds on wednesday with a chance of an isolated shower wednesday afternoon. and next best chance of showers is late friday, into the upcoming weekend. it was draw all of this weekend, so no complaints. temperatures in the 80's last week -- it was dry all of this weekend. week -- it was dry all of this weekend. but we're also in the showing-kids- new-worlds business. and the startup-capital- for-barbers business. and the this-won't- hurt-a-bit business. because we don't just work here. we live here. these are our families. and

jeremy guthrie didn't throw that badly, but nats aren't hitting in the clutch. we're 3-for-21. runners in scoring position. brian madison's on the hill here tonight. >>> all right, take a look outside at 6:08. we've got ourselves some brightening over the eastern sky. we've been looking at sunrise coming up about half an hour. we have a few high clouds to deal with this morning. southwest wind at 8 miles per hour. the wind will pick up today. we'll pick up more clouds. we'll probably hold off the rain until late afternoon or evening, it'll come with a cool down. right now, 6:08, let's go back to the roads. >>> no problems so far on the beltway or on 95, but a new crash reported in the southbound lanes much the bw parkway at route 100. accident reported in columbia, stevens forest neighborhood. i'll have more details when we come back. >>> we want to introduce you to two of our brickover competitors. >>> admit it, you're going to watch tiger woods, you're going to watch the masters. yes you are, you are, i'm telling you. >>> she's a tennis great and now she has a great battle to

if there is a way to sneak in a nat sound pop of him talking for 1 sec, that would be fantastic. ryan lee of charles schwab, consults people such as johnson and keys on how to pay down debt and start a rainy day fund. he says a big step is paying more than the minmum on the credit card balance-- "especially in the current economy you've seen credit card rates jump up to 20 30% the numbers move up automatically and without paying it off it really hurts their financial situation immediately. even at a 13% interest rate-- lee says paying the minimum on $6,000 dollars of credit card debt over 6 years tacks on an additional $2600. "relative to paying 300 dollars and paying it off in 2 years" "you have an immediate want, you charge it and you forget that what you are paying for $100 now with the interest on going it can be $150, $200, $300 if you are just paying the minimums on those credit cards." taeshima white who also does financial consultations at charles schwab admits some clients have to plan out how to pay off their bills. "the truth of the matter is many people out there are

nats up. howard with a two run shot to deep right field. gives the phillies the 2-1 lead.liday made his debut in phili red and dominant. holiday fans zimmerman and then adam done is swinging as well. holiday allowed a run in seven innings and struck out nine. top of the seven. 7-1, philadelphia. hammer that to deep left. grand slam for him. 6 rbi on the day. and the phillies beat up the nationals, 11-1 the final. >> now time to announce the candidates in our subway high school game of the week contest where the viewers determine which highlights to show here on "sports unlimited" on friday nights. this weeks four choices for april 9 are. archbishop curly visiting st. paul in baseball. number four chesapeake and arundel taking on broadneck in softball. number seven gilman and number one boys' latin in boys lac gays forest visiting mcdonogh in girls lacrosse. log onto foxbaltimore.com and cast your vote. we will announce the the win -- winner on thursday night. jennifer, back to you. >> off and running. but what are they? an explanation coming up. editors of consumers digest